Kim Woo-jin Wins 'Gold' in Solo Event... Korean Archery Sweeps Historic 5 Olympic Gold Medals [Paris Olympics]

Korean archery made history by sweeping all five Olympic gold medals for the first time ever.

Kim Woo-jin (Cheongju City Hall) won the gold medal on the 4th in the men's individual archery final at the 2024 Paris Olympics held in Paris, France, defeating the American Brady Ellison 6-5 in a shoot-off battle.

On the 4th (local time), Kim Woo-jin won the men's individual archery final at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at Les Invalides in Paris, France.
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In the final shoot-off, both archers scored 10 points, but Kim Woo-jin's arrow was closer to the center of the target, securing the gold medal.

Korean archery had already won gold medals in the men's team, women's team, mixed team, and women's individual events. This marked the first time in history that Korea swept all five gold medals in archery events.

Kim Woo-jin, who won gold in the men's team and mixed team events, became the third Olympic archery triple crown winner with this victory, following An San (Gwangju Bank) from the Tokyo Olympics and Lim Si-hyun (Korea National Sport University) in this tournament. Among male archers, he is the first ever to achieve the Olympic archery triple crown.